Dot Net Mafia

Group site for developer blogs dealing with (usually) Ionic, .NET, SharePoint, Office 365, Mobile Development, and other Microsoft products, as well as some discussion of general programming related concepts.

Quite some time ago, I wrote about how to set default column values using C#. However, I find it useful to work with them using PowerShell quite often. The reason being, I often use this as a utility to work set default column values on document libraries or folders in bulk. I often...

I’ve suffered through my share of SharePoint upgrade / migration projects now and I have really changed the way I look at them. Often when you get exposed to a new system, the lack of governance has led to a total mess with site sprawl as far as the eye can see. The architect in me makes...

At SPC12 , I gave a talk about PowerShell in SharePoint 2013. In that talk I upgraded a SharePoint 2010 site collection to SharePoint 2013. I wanted to follow-up with a blog post showing the steps involved. To begin the process, I have restored a copy of my content database from my...

Windows 8 recently hit RTM and became generally available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers in the last couple of weeks. If you run Windows 8 Enterprise, one new feature you gain is the ability to use Hyper-V. I personally was excited to try out this new feature since I have had issues with...

Thanks to everyone who attended my Office 365 Lync and Learn session last week. I enjoyed the opportunity to show everyone how they can use Visual Studio 2012 RC to get started with SharePoint Online development. I’ve attached a link to my slides as well as the video on YouTube. Also...

I was recently doing a SharePoint migration project and one of the tasks I was trying to do was copy SharePoint designer workflows (plus history) to a new SharePoint server. We weren’t doing a database attach in this case because we were significantly restructuring the site. When version...

TechEd North America ( #msteched ) is just next week in Orlando, FL. This is my first TechEd and I’m excited to see what’s in store. With any conference, it’s always best to be prepared. You want to make sure you bring the right things and get everything done before you step foot on...

It’s true. I admit it. I have a sickness. I am a SharePoint person and proud of it. I’m attending Microsoft TechEd in Orlando next week (and in Amsterdam at the end of the month) for the first time. Although I am a noob to this conference, I thought I would share my thoughts...

I’ve been writing a series of posts about SharePoint development using Visual Studio 11 Beta for a while. Since I have written quite a few posts now, I thought it would be useful to compile all of them here in a list if you want to review what’s new quickly at a glance. Maybe this isn’t everything...

I’ve posted a number of articles about Visual Studio 11 to date and today’s article talks about the new SharePoint Project Item, Site Definition. This is a new SPI available in Visual Studio 11. Previously, you had to create site definitions manually or using the Community Kit for SharePoint...